Tag: authoritarianism

A crime syndicate government: Profiteering, protection rackets and a pay-to-play presidency

Donald Trump crime syndicate profiteering protection rackets pay-to-play

“It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.” — Michael Corleone, The Godfather Pay-to-play schemes. Protection rackets. Extortion. Corruption. Self-enrichment. Graft. Grift. Brutality. Roaming bands of thugs smashing car windows and terrorizing communities. Immunity for criminal behavior coupled with prosecutions of whistleblowers. This is…

Police state bounty hunters: The rise of ICE and its war on America

Donald Trump ICE police state bounty hunters immigration

Masked gunmen. Tasers. Tear gas. Pepper spray. Unmarked vehicles. Intimidation tactics. Brutality. Racial profiling. Children traumatized. Families terrorized. Journalists targeted. Citizens detained. Disabled individuals, minors, the elderly, pregnant women, military veterans—snatched off the streets. Private property destroyed. This is not a…